...eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind." —William Shakespeare 6. "Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us dare to do our duty as we understand it." —Abraham Lincoln 7. "We shape clay into a pot, but it is...

...was on its feet now, clapping and whistling, and Lincoln's voice raised to another level. "Let us not be slandered from our duty by false accusations against...destruction to the government nor of dungeons to ourselves." Lincoln shouted above wild cheering, "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith,...

...two-hour oration with this ringing call for solidarity in the fight to prevent the expansion of slavery: "Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false...us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction of the Government nor of dungeons to ourselves. Let us have faith that right makes might, and 1 8 //i...

...Chronology 1859-1876," The Cooper Union, http://www.cooper .edu/history/extended/hioooo2.htm. 142 "Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it." Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), address, Cooper Union, New York City, February 27,1860,...

...Party slogan when he articulated a faith-based initiative that might not play too well in our day: "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it." The quotability of this particular sentence often distracts from the morally...

...sophisticated Easterners," yet he had their full attention "from the start." His ringing conclusion, "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it," was followed by a tremendous and "long-sustained" ovation. 48 It would be fitting...

...wrong, as we do, can we yield to them? Can we cast our votes with their view, and against our own? Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it* 8 Thunderous applause! This was 1860, the year of the presidential election. The...

...cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one or even one hundred defeats. . . . Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it."37 As had Browder and Sandburg, Copland quotes Lincoln to cast the Civil War as...

...audience to resist efforts to expand slavery into the territories and to restrict it to the South. "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it," he concluded. Lincoln's speech helped him to gain ground on other Republican...

...radical Republicans in the audience were captivated. When he came to the dramatic ending pledge — "LET US HAVE FAITH THAT RIGHT MAKES MIGHT, AND IN THAT FAITH, LET US, TO THE END, DARE TO DO OUR DUTY AS WE UNDERSTAND IT" — the audience erupted in thunderous applause. After Lincoln spoke, several...